Data Issues & Policy Discussions

Hi everyone, We are thrilled to announce we have published a new Help hub for IMDb fans, IMDbPro members and Data Contributors. This hub, available at https://help.imdb.com, replaces the help content previously residing on http://www.imdb.com/help/, http://pro.imdb.com/help/ and https://contribute.i

Included below is our end-of-year message to IMDb's top 250 data contributors for 2018. Thanks again to everyone who contributed to IMDb -- every data contribution helps. If anyone outside of the top 250 would like to know their 2018 (only) live item total and position in the complete list, please p

Hi all, We are pleased to announce a change to our writers policy which has been updated in the guide. Please see the below. We will no longer be accepting any uncredited "characters created by" credits on any title adapted from an existing source. The complexities and ambiguities in the creative pr

Hello, Earlier today we made an update to the site so that when you click on a company link you will be taken to a list of titles from that company. The list of titles is generated using Advanced Title Search. This is a change from recent behavior of when clicking on a company link you were taken to

We are pleased to announce the release of our updated IMDb FAQ. As of today, we are improving the look & feel of the FAQ, bringing the experience up-to-date with other parts of the IMDb web site. We have temporarily disabled the FAQ contribution experience which is currently available to only a smal

We are pleased to announce a change in IMDb policy for company name formats. We have now removed the requirement for the leading article to be listed at the end of a company name - for example "IMDb Company, The [us]" can now be submitted as "The IMDb Company [us]". The reason we have made this chan

Included below is our end-of-year message to IMDb's top 250 data contributors for 2017. Thanks again to everyone who contributed to IMDb -- every data contribution helps. If anyone outside of the top 250 would like to know their 2017 (only) live item total and position in the complete list, please p

Today (9 May 2018) we are rolling out changes to where and how freetext information is entered and posted to IMDb staff. As the world’s most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content, IMDb is continuously making improvements to our website and apps based on our customers’

(May 5) Please check out our latest iOS release, now available in the AppStore! We've added the ability to submit user reviews! On any released title, just tap the Share menu or navigate to the User Reviews page and tap "Add Review" to get started. Here are some screenshots to help you get started w

As Col referenced in his post earlier this week, we're pleased to announce that we've added episodic information to the Series Cast section of the TV Series Full Cast & Crew page. This means that TV Series Full Cast & Crew is now a one-stop shop that not only provides the number of episodes in which